Sub-group developing paper on the shifting landscape of Visual Resources at Cornell to submit to ACRL. 

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Deadlines: 

February 21- rough paragraphs to Susette

February 28- Susette's edit

March- tbd 

Possible topics:

  • VRWG
    • Group make-up; reflective of distributed environment
    • History & evolution
      • general principles
      • units involved
        • task forces following dissolution of KVRF
    • Current charge
  • Dealing with legacy collections
    • Slides
    • Faculty teaching material - (this could be of interest though not discussed in our meeting)
  • Collection building
    • Collaborating with faculty (A & S grants)
    • Funding / collaborating with Colleges
    • Shifting prioritization from teaching collections (Cornell based users) to research collections (global users)
    • DCAPS/ DSS
  • Services (note shift of emphasis from collections to services?)
    • Collection stewardship
    • Digital image delivery
    • Digitization
    • Metadata creation
    • Instruction and faculty support (see below)
    • Equipment lending
    • Copyright consultation
  • Outreach
    • Website/ brochure
    • Faculty support (Maaike & Kaila) 
    • Workshops
    • Other Instruction
    • Staff training
    • Ongoing review of patron-related issues

Seems like we need to give an overview of the history of the Cornell "landscape"- including KVRF- and then can move on from there into what we are doing now.

PLEASE ADD YOUR THOUGHTS (smile)

ACRL Image Resources Interest Group (IRIG) presentation (Liz & Kaila), January 2010

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